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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Educational Measurement
  • Psychometrics

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  • Spatial reasoning is crucial for various academic and real-world tasks.
  • Assessing spatial reasoning effectively requires understanding factors influencing item difficulty.
  • Object assembly (OA) is a valuable format for spatial reasoning assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the sources of item difficulty in object assembly (OA) spatial reasoning assessments.
  • To identify specific item characteristics that contribute to difficulty in OA tasks.
  • To evaluate the utility of the linear logistic test model (LLTM) in spatial reasoning research.

Main Methods:

  • Developed 15 new OA items with nine specified characteristics.
  • Collected data from two samples: high-ability students (grades 3-7) and undergraduates.
  • Applied the linear logistic test model (LLTM) to analyze item difficulty.

Main Results:

  • Eight of the nine hypothesized item characteristics significantly predicted item difficulty.
  • The LLTM effectively identified the impact of different spatial reasoning aspects on OA item difficulty.
  • The findings provide empirical evidence for the contribution of specific features to spatial task complexity.

Conclusions:

  • The LLTM is a valuable tool for dissecting item difficulty in spatial reasoning assessments.
  • Understanding item characteristics can guide the development of more targeted and effective spatial assessments.
  • This research contributes to the broader understanding of spatial cognition and its measurement.